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For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be…Much will be required of the person entrusted with much. - Luke 14:25-33
Several gift opportunities exist to financially support Catholic schools both at the individual school level and at the Diocesan level. School based opportunities include:
Outright Gifts – Gifts of Cash or Appreciated Securities to the annual fund or designated fund. For gifts of appreciated securities, please contact the Diocesan development office at (304) 233-0880 Ext. 263 to receive your stock instruction sheet.
Endowment Gifts – Each school in the Diocese has an endowment fund in the West Virginia Catholic Foundation. Your gift of cash, securities or any deferred gifts can enhance the long-term stability of the school. The most successful educational institutions have a strong endowment program at its core. For more information, visit http://wvcf.dwc.org.
Tuition Assistance – Each Catholic school in the diocese has a tuition assistance plan, whereby families who cannot pay full tuition benefit from the generosity of others in the community.
Planned Gifts -- Whether to benefit the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in its overall school administration, or as a bequest to support an individual school or parish, the preferred method of giving a planned gift is through the West Virginia Catholic Foundation. Types of planned gifts include:
A bequest through your will
A gift of life insurance
Inclusion in a charitable trust
The creation of a charitable gift annuity
Before making any estate commitment or planned gift, please refer to your tax planner or financial and legal services provider. To learn more about planned giving instruments, visit the Catholic Foundation website’s Planned Giving Reading Room at http://wvcf.dwc.org.
At the Diocesan level, there are a variety of opportunities for individuals, families, corporations and foundations to support the legacy of Catholic education in West Virginia, including making gifts to the:
Great Future’s Fund, which supports Catholic schools initiatives both at the individual school level and Diocesan-wide
Technology integration into the curriculum of our Catholic schools
Diocesan Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
Annual Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools, which recognizes individuals and organizations which have performed extraordinary services for the schools, as well as the achievements of one child per school
General Endowments, for perpetual support of all 32 schools
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